10/31/17 – SPLC

[Updated 12/7/17: The SPLC responded to this segment. You can see the response here.]

The Southern Poverty Law Center gained its reputation suing the Ku Klux Klan. Forty years ago.

Here’s what’s happening behind the headlines.

It claims to employ more than 100 lawyers and advocates engaged in public interest litigation. But according to its 2015 tax returns it spent only $62,000 on legal expenses that year.

That miniscule figure isn’t because it’s strapped for cash. It received about $58 million in donations and grants in 2015. It reports assets of nearly a third of a billion dollars. So where’s the cash?

An investigation by the Washington Free Beacon revealed the SPLC funneled millions of dollars into offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands. Stashing money in offshore accounts is certainly a head-scratcher.

The SPLC is mostly known for its hate groups map promoted by CNN and NBC News. It lists about a thousand groups including the Klan and skinheads.

It’s gotten to the point that serious people don’t take the SPLC seriously.You can follow Behind the Headlines onTwitterat @BehindTheHead.
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